Publications
Book Chapters
Weinstein JE, Viado JR, Leads RR, Deloughry E, Schandera L, Liddy K and Scott GI. 2019. Microplastics: A Global Water Pollution Problem. Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology, and Society, 1-15. DOI: 10.1002/9781119300762.wsts0203
Open Educational Resources
Knotts E and Leads R. 2024. Agents of change: Determining effects of pollution on marine environments through data interpretation. BioGraphI FMN Fall 2023, QUBES Educational Resources. DOI: 10.25334/9AW4-QS08
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Underlined names indicate undergraduate or post-baccalaureate co-authors.
12 / Influence of cardiotoxicity on visual function in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to Deepwater Horizon crude oil
Leads RR, Magnuson JT, Greer JB, Green CS, Schlenk D and Roberts AP. 2025. Aquatic Toxicology, 107453. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107453
11 / Exposure to the polychlorinated biphenyl mixture Aroclor 1254 elicits neurological and cardiac developmental effects in early life stage zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Green CS, Morris JM, Magnuson JT, Leads RR, Lay CR, Gielazyn M, Rosman L, Schlenk D and Roberts AP. 2025. Chemosphere, 371, 144023. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.144023
10 / Spatial and temporal variability of microplastic abundance in estuarine intertidal sediments: Implications for sampling frequency
Leads RR, Weinstein JE, Kell SE, Overcash JM, Ertel BM and Gray AD. 2023. Science of the Total Environment, 859, 160308. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160308
9 / Transcriptomic profiling of miR-203a and miR-34b-injected zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibits an oil-induced neurological, cardiovascular, and eye toxicity response
Magnuson JT, Leads RR, McGruer V, Qian L, Tanabe P, Roberts AP and Schlenk D. 2023. Aquatic Toxicology, 254, 106356. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106356
8 / Transcriptomic responses and apoptosis in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) co-exposed to crude oil and ultraviolet (UV) radiation
Leads RR, Magnuson JT, Lucero J, Lund AK, Schlenk D, Chavez JR and Roberts AP. 2022. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, 113684. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113684
7 / Effects of dissolved organic carbon, ultraviolet light and their co‐exposure on Deepwater Horizon crude oil acute toxicity to larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
Bonatesta F, Leads RR, Price ER, Roberts AP and Mager EM. 2020. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(12), 2509-2515. DOI: 10.1002/etc.4877
6 / Degradation of bio-based and biodegradable plastics in a salt marsh habitat: Another potential source of microplastics in coastal waters
Weinstein JE, Dekle JL, Leads RR and Hunter RA. 2020. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, 111518. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111518
5 / The effect of microplastic ingestion on the survival of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio (Holthuis, 1949) challenged with Vibrio campbellii
Leads RR, Burnett KG and Weinstein JE. 2019. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30(10), 2233-2242. DOI: 10.1002/etc.4545
4 / Occurrence of tire wear particles and other microplastics within the tributaries of the Charleston Harbor estuary, South Carolina, USA.
Leads RR and Weinstein JE. 2019. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 145, 569-582. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.061
3 / Microplastic in two South Carolina Estuaries: Occurrence, distribution, and composition
Gray AD, Wertz H, Leads RR and Weinstein JE. 2018. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 128, 223-233. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.01.030
2 / The Drosophila Muller F elements maintain a distinct set of genomic properties over 40 million years of evolution
Leung W, Shaffer CD, Reed LK et al. (including Leads RR). 2015. Drosophila Muller F elements maintain a distinct set of genomic properties over 40 million years of evolution. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 5(5), 719-740. DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.015966
1 / Mapping Wolbachia distributions in the adult Drosophila brain
Albertson R, Tan V, Leads RR, Reyes M, Sullivan W and Casper-Lindley C. 2013. Mapping Wolbachia distributions in the adult Drosophila brain. Cellular Microbiology, 15(9), 1527-1544. DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12136
